My thoughts on UF basketball the last year

Golden has a blueprint that will almost certainly be copied across the country: double bigs, veteran transfer guards, roster continuity, freshmen with international experience or physically ready to play (as opposed to high dollar 5* or more developmental recruits), emphasis on offensive rebounding and shot volume. Proven path to a quick turnaround.

 

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They basically said they can't/won't fix it. I've had the issue twice while using safari on my phone, never on my tablet or laptop. Using a better browser or ad blocker will fix it on your end. Brave works well for me.

 

Brave is the best. Highly recommend to anyone.

 

I’m pretty certain also that we held them to their lowest scoring game of their season; we locked them down late as we were making our furious come back. It was one hell of an effort in the final game of the season - our team deserved to win by their indomitable will, perseverance and tenacity. I have enlarged photos of Martin’s two dunks against Auburn on my wall in my man room. I had gotten away from displaying UF memorabilia as it got out of hand but these had to be displayed. My wife loves them too!

 

Stating the success factors does not make it replicable easily, at UF year over year, much less at other places with different coaches/staffs.

 

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True. But, if he coaches with this methodology, he surely knows how to beat it too. The key is getting his team to perform like he wants and with high energy and effort. I’m excited about next season!

 

Yep. Very underestimated. Will be interesting to see how he evolves with age. Lots of younger coaches are young grinders who don't grow into elder statesmen well, the way Mike K, Billy D, Izzo, and some others have.

 

Billy D and Steve Spurrier were constantly tweaking their approach and coming up with new wrinkles as teams learned more about how to defend them. I expect Golden to tweak things over the course of years.

 

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Another thing that makes this season so special is how outstanding college hoops was. Last year of super seniors meant a different level of experience, not to mention NIL money was building solid rosters everywhere. I believe 4 of the 9 highest rated teams in the 25+ years of KenPom. SEC was the best conference in 30 years. And we somehow only lost 4 games, got a 1-seed, and won the SECs and the NCAAs on an insane hot streak (won 10 of last 11 and 16 of last 17), despite being outside the top 25 to start the season.

 

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It is a bit of luck but it did produce the same top 4 teams in the final four that everyone thought were the best four teams. I think the biggest thing about the tournament is that it finds your weaknesses. If you have some, they will get exposed. This team had very few.